To Earnest
Israel has no oil itself...true.... I never said it had.
However ,Israel serves to police the region on behalf of US imperialism.For example it attacked the Suez Canal in Egypy in 1956 to put down a marker as to its future intentions as an aggressive state.

It is no accident of history that with the importance of oil emerging at the end of the 19th century the Balfour Declaration was announced in 1917.

Since its formation Israel has served to intimidate the arab masses and the local arab ruling classes in the region.

However, the psychological and actual terror seems to be having a reduced effect as Hezbollah has stood up to and faced down the Israeli war machine.
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